Blackbrush Acacia
Vachellia rigidula
Blackbrush acacia is a dense, thorny, dark-stemmed legume shrub of south Texas with fragrant cream flower spikes, a major bee plant and nesting cover in thornscrub.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 5–12 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- TX